Saints in the Community

A thriving, sustainable, community focused organisation, providing positive life enhancing experiences using sport, and football in particular, to help people throughout Perth and Kinross achieve their goals.The St. Johnstone F.C. Community Department was established in 1992, with the initial emphasis being on the development of a network of football coaching courses for children and young people, along with the provision of the SFA Coach Education Programme. It is now widely recognised that sport in general and football in particular can be a force for good that can produce numerous social benefits – improving self-esteem, inspiring children and young people, promoting wellbeing and healthy lifestyles, and contributing to social inclusion. Over the last few years, the nature and scope of the activity carried out by the Community Department changed significantly and a number of socially beneficial projects were introduced in association with a range of stakeholders,